Location-aware autonomous self-propelled balls
OwnerMeyer Freemaninventor
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Abstract
Embodiments provide apparatuses, systems, and methods associated with a location-aware autonomous self-propelled sports ball. The sports ball may detect its location relative to one or more locator tags and control its self-propelled movement based on the detected location. The locator tags may be worn by respective users of the sports ball and/or placed on the ground. The sports ball may operate in different modes that control movement of the sports ball relative to the one or more locator tags, such as tag, chase, auto-return, side-to-side, and race. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
Claims21
A location-aware self-propelled sports ball, comprising:
- a motor assembly to propel the sports ball along the ground;
- a location sensor to determine a location of the sports ball relative to an external locator tag;
- a processor to control the motor assembly to propel the sports ball based on the determined location of the sports ball relative to the external location tag.
A location-aware self-propelled sports ball system, comprising:
- a locator tag;
- a sports ball including:
- a motor assembly to propel the sports ball along the ground;
- a location sensor to determine a location of the sports ball relative to an external locator tag;
- a processor to control the motor assembly to propel the sports ball based on the determined location of the sports ball relative to the external location tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.